A/ProfPeter Stubbs

My research interests are diverse and include | Neurorehabilitation (particularly acquired brain injury) | Developing, Implementing, evaluating and using research databases to improve patient outcomes | Using emerging techniques/technologies (i.e., Virtual Reality, Blood Flow Restriction and Robotics) to improve strength and function in older people and people following neurological injuries | Meta-epidemiological research including abstract spin, trial pre-registration and quality of reporting of systematic reviews | Student knowledge / perceptions on areas of Physiotherapy taught in the UTS Masters of Physiotherapy program | Investigating the effectiveness of interventions for neck pain in people with work related neck pain.

I have received funding for some of the areas above;

2025 MRFF Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles. "Increasing access to physical activity for people with spinal core injuries: The Train the Trainer model" ($1,400,000). CIL.

2025 Osteopathy Australia Research Grant. "Physical impairments and patient perspectives in proximal hamstring tendinopathy" ($12,500). CIC.

2023 UTS Graduate School of Health Seed Grant. “How clinicians delivering community-based rehabilitation exercise programs are assessing individuals with neurological conditions?” ($5,000). CIB.

2023 UTS Graduate School of Health Conference Fund. ($1,000)

2023 Faculty of Health HDR Industry Collaboration Scheme. ($5,000). CIC.

2022 Arbejdsmiljøforskningsfonden. "Ergonomiske interventioner som behandlingen for arbejdsrelateret muskel-skeletbesvær i arm, skulder og nakke: et systematisk Cochrane review [Ergonomic interventions for work-related musculoskeletal injuries of the arm, shoulder and neck: a Cochrane Systematic Review]. (≈$80,000). CIC.

2022 Cross Faculty Collaboration Scheme. "Using Fitbits and Machine Learning to Predict Depression in Older Adults ($25,000). CIE.

2022 Faculty of Health Industry HDR Student Collaboration support scheme. ($5,000). CIC.

2022 UTS Conference attendance support. ($500).

2021 Faculty of Health Equipment Grant. "Analysis of movement during virtual reality in people at risk of falls" ($6,996). CIA.

2021 Faculty of Health Equipment Grant. "Using virtual reality to assess falls risk in elderly people" ($630). CIA.

2021 UTS Graduate School of Health Seed Grant. “Improving Care, research Translation, and treatment Usage in Stroke (The GSH ICTUS Project) – Multidisciplinary approaches to gaps in stroke care” ($10,000). CII.

2019 SpinalCure Australia. Robotic-assisted game-based rehabilitation program for upper limb function in people with spinal cord injuries: A feasibility study. ($21,875). CIB

2019 UTS Graduate School of Health Seed Grant. “Discourse, Interaction, Support and Communication Outcomes in Virtual Reality (DISCOVR): A Pilot Study” ($10,000). CIF.

2019 UTS Conference Travel Fund. “Predicting the ability to walk independently after a stroke: one stumble towards the external validation of prognostic models” ($1,500). CIA.

2016 The Health Research Fund of the Central Denmark Region. "Using blood flow restriction training to increase strength and function following brain injury" ($94,000). CIA.

2006 Health Research Council of New Zealand. "Optimizing the use of neural pathways in the human brain" ($3,700). CIA.

I am the listed project mentor/supervisor for the following

2023 Faculty of Health HDR Industry Collaboration Scheme. "Facilitators to physical activity in older Australian adults with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): A mixed-methods study." ($5,000). Project co-supervisor.

2022 Industry HDR Student Collaboration support scheme. "Physical activity levels, well-being and facilitators to physical activity in older Australian adults with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): A mixed-methods study." ($5,000). Project co-supervisor.

2021 UTS ECR Capability Development initiative. "Building a clinical database to support clinicians and people living with physical disabilities in the community" (17,800). Project mentor.